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Joseph Becherer, Ph.D.
Phone: (616) 632-2409
Email: bechejos@aquinas.edu
Office: AMC 203
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2001
M.F.A, Ohio University, 1989
B.F.A, Ohio University, 1987
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Dana Freeman
Phone: (616) 632-2408
E-mail: freemdan@aquinas.edu
Office: AMC 202
M.F.A., University of California, 1992
B.A., Pomona College, 1981 |
| A native of California, Dana has lived in Michigan since 1993, when she accepted a position at Aquinas College. Dana studied as an undergraduate at Pomona College, focusing on abstract painting and assemblage sculpture. Her M.F.A. is from the University of California, Santa Barbara in photography, video and performance/installation. Dana's work is concept driven and usually involves non-traditional art media, such as eggshells, ant farms, sculpted bread and cast sand. It takes the form of sculpture, video, photography and installations exploring ideas of waiting, obsession, prayer and, most recently, the chaos of language and a child's time before language. >>More About Professor Freeman |
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Madeline Kaczmarczyk
Phone: (616) 632-2412
E-mail: kaczmmad@aquinas.edu
Office: AMC 217 |
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Kurt Kaiser
Phone: (616) 632-2041
E-mail: kaisekur@aquinas.edu
Office: AB 3D
M.F.A., University of Colorado, 1980
B.A., St. Johns University, 1967 |
| Kurt Kaiser is an Associate Professor at Aquinas and is chair of the Art Department. His Bachelor's degree in Art is from St. John's University in Minnesota and his Master of Fine Arts degree in 3-Dimensional Art is from the University of Colorado Art. At Aquinas College he teaches classes in 2-D Design and 3-D Design as well as Art Appreciation and Assemblage Sculpture. Kurt creates assemblage sculpture out of wood and other materials, which he has exhibited throughout much of the United States. |
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Chris LaPorte
E-mail: cpl001@aquinas.edu |
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Sister Marie Celeste Miller, O.P.
Phone: (616) 632-2410
E-mail: millemar@aquinas.edu
Office: AMC 204
Ph.D., Emory University, 1983
M.A., Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College, 1976
B.A., Aquinas College, 1968 |
| Sister Marie Celeste Miller is an Associate Professor of Art, presently teaching the Art Survey, the Modern Art sequence and Art Appreciation, which is a web course. In addition, she teaches in the Humanities Program. She has served as the founding director of the Humanities Program and Dean of Curriculum at Aquinas. Sister received her B.A. from Aquinas, her M.A. from the Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College, and her Ph.D. from Emory University. She has also taught at Centre College of Danville, Kentucky. Her present interests include Asian art and web-based learning. |
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Ron Pederson, Art Department Chairperson
Phone: (616) 632-2406
E-mail: pederron@aquinas.edu
Office: Browne Center
M.F.A., University of Minnesota, 1977
B.A., Bethel College, 1969 |
| Ron Pederson (M.F.A. 1977, University of Minnesota, Sculpture) has taught at Aquinas since 1982, specializing in sculpture. Since 1989, he has exhibited primarily in collaborative exhibitions with his wife, poet Miriam Pederson, who is a member of the English Department faculty at Aquinas. Each spring they teach a course titled "Artists and Writers in Collaboration." |
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Sharon Sandberg
Phone: (616) 632-2411
E-mail: sandbsha@aquinas.edu
Office: AMC 205
M.F.A., University of Michigan, 1987
B.F.A., Grand Valley State University, 1980 |
| Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Sharon Sandberg received her B.F.A. degree from Grand Valley State University, her M.F.A. in painting from the University of Michigan and has done post-degree work at the Universite d'Aix-Marseilles III, Aix-en-Provence, France. She has also studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Sandberg has taught at Grand Valley State University, served as Director and drawing instructor in the Art in France Program for Grand Valley, and was Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Art and Design, leading to a summer workshop in still life painting. During the autumn months of 1996 Sandberg painted and exhibited in London, England. She has taught drawing, design and painting at Aquinas College since the fall of 1996 and is currently in charge of the department's painting program. She is locally represented by LaFontsee Galleries in Grand Rapids. Sharon lives in Grand Rapid's Heritage Hill area with her painter husband, Don Kerr. |
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Steven Schousen
Phone: (616) 632-2407
E-mail: schouste@aquinas.edu
Office: AMC 134
M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, 1982
B.A., Marietta College, 1977 |
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H.J. Slider
E-mail: slidehel@aquinas.edu |
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